Professional Beggars Keep Growing During Ramazan: Report

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Professional beggars keep growing during Ramazan: Report

It has been noticed that during the holy month of Ramazan Professional beggars keep on growing everywhere in the country, many groups of beggars mostly women, children and old men are witnessed around markets, Bazaars, signals and streets for grabbing money which people give as donations during this holy month.

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 23rd May, 2018 ) :It has been noticed that during the holy month of Ramazan Professional beggars keep on growing everywhere in the country, many groups of beggars mostly women, children and old men are witnessed around markets, Bazaars, signals and streets for grabbing money which people give as donations during this holy month.

A report aired by a private news channel , Ramadan is one of the most profitable months for beggars, since it is the best chance for them to play on the sentiments of people. As such, their presence is heavily felt in all the main streets and districts across the country and is most pronounced at mosques around prayer times.

A sharp increase in the number of beggars was witnessed during Ramazan with using new tactics to gain attention of the people for the purpose of getting money by creating sympathy. Beggars have employed numerous ploys including presenting forging medical documents, faking physical disability and going as far as claiming to be gravely ill to substantiate their claim for money.

Victims are tricked as they feel for the beggars and are afraid to refuse giving them money since Ramazan is a month when Muslims are encouraged to give to charity. Ahmad Ikram , a citizen said that Ramazan is a time when most beggars swarm the streets in hopes of collecting more money because it is the month of giving.

"Begging is far better than any other job as it does not require hard work," said Arslan a beggar , who asks for alms at traffic signals and also sells tissue papers sometimes. An elderly woman, said this business is good," she said, adding that she makes more than Rs1000 a day as people are keen to give charity in Ramazan.

A working women Asma Ali said she is totally disagrees with that sentiment of beggars as 'Helping the less fortunate is an act of kindness, but human exploitation is forbidden in the religion. I prefer to give my charity through legal institutions.